A traffic accident killed three policemen as they
were driving on the National Highway 1A section which runs through Huu
Lung district in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son around
2.30pm yesterday.

A strange disease that has affected 45 residents in the Central Highland
province of Kon Tum's Ia Chiem and Dak Nang communes since May this
year has been identified as hepatitis A, according to the provincial
Health Department.

The national flagship
carrier Vietnam Airlines held a ceremony on July 2 to receive its first
Airbus 350-900 aircraft and announce its upgrade service quality
programme and new brand identifying system, marking a major step in
bringing the airline into the international arena.